listening device
noun
: a small hidden microphone that is used to secretly listen to and record people
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Crews lowered a pole camera with a sensitive listening device into the hole on Tuesday but no sound was detected, while a second camera lowered down showed what could be a shoe.
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Associated Press, TIME, 4 Dec. 2024
Authorities also lowered a pole camera with a sensitive listening device into the sinkhole on Tuesday, but did not detect any sign of Pollard.
—Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024
Shoppers are invited to pick up a pair of shoes, which come packaged in a shoebox alongside some headphones & listening device.
—Kate Hardcastle, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
The McLaren Formula One team and the New England Patriots have been embroiled in similar rows in recent years, while the New Zealand men’s rugby union team — the most high-profile on the planet — discovered a listening device in their team meeting room before a game against Australia in 2016.
—Melanie Anzidei, The Athletic, 27 July 2024
Most people carry a smartphone, but many also tote a laptop, a tablet and listening device such as headphones or earbuds.
—Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2024
The concerns are multi-pronged and include overuse of the Doppler listening device and/or misinterpretation, positively or negatively.
—Robin Elise Weiss, Phd, Parents, 30 July 2024
Catchers who play high school softball are about to join catchers who play high school baseball in wearing a listening device in the ear to receive instruction from their coach.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2024
His first task was to retrieve a listening device in a foreign embassy that was no longer producing a signal, and his CIA bosses were worried that a U.S. adversary may have gotten hold of it.
—Dan De Luce, NBC News, 4 July 2024
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Associated Press, TIME, 4 Dec. 2024
Authorities also lowered a pole camera with a sensitive listening device into the sinkhole on Tuesday, but did not detect any sign of Pollard.
—Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024
Shoppers are invited to pick up a pair of shoes, which come packaged in a shoebox alongside some headphones & listening device.
—Kate Hardcastle, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
The McLaren Formula One team and the New England Patriots have been embroiled in similar rows in recent years, while the New Zealand men’s rugby union team — the most high-profile on the planet — discovered a listening device in their team meeting room before a game against Australia in 2016.
—Melanie Anzidei, The Athletic, 27 July 2024
Most people carry a smartphone, but many also tote a laptop, a tablet and listening device such as headphones or earbuds.
—Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2024
The concerns are multi-pronged and include overuse of the Doppler listening device and/or misinterpretation, positively or negatively.
—Robin Elise Weiss, Phd, Parents, 30 July 2024
Catchers who play high school softball are about to join catchers who play high school baseball in wearing a listening device in the ear to receive instruction from their coach.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2024
His first task was to retrieve a listening device in a foreign embassy that was no longer producing a signal, and his CIA bosses were worried that a U.S. adversary may have gotten hold of it.
—Dan De Luce, NBC News, 4 July 2024
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“Listening device.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/listening%20device. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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